Thanks for the shoutout re: being stuck inside today. Had to close my blinds so as not to tempt me.
As for Sonnenschein, their leadership has been making noises about doing this over the years. Would they have pushed this hard, particularly re: eliminating associate class ranks, without this horrid econ? No, but they have been slashing their summer program steadily for years and have been increasingly aiming at some type of merit-based compensation. I actually think the merit based compensation is a great idea, and would be celebrating, if I knew that it wouldn't mean that the majority of Sonnenschein assocs will get hurt by this.

8:49 pm May 21, 2009

Shakes Spear wrote:

Re the alleged PIRATE. Any guess on how much this nonsense will cost me here in Texas?

10:03 pm May 21, 2009

Ha wrote:

I have to hand it to Sonnenschein. It takes a certain something to be able to package salary cuts as about creating a better place to work for associates. Especially when the only way to earn additional money is purely hours-based, and associates will have to hit 2,200 hours to get back to where they started - that's after a lot of folks thought the increases to 2,000 hours requirements were what had killed any hope for associate happiness. So congrats, Sonnenschein associates: they want you to work more, make less, and be happy about it.

8:46 am May 22, 2009

atty wrote:

Um yeah, that should be edited out of the post--it's the opposite of lockstep.

9:09 am May 22, 2009

Watermelon shoes rock wrote:

Thanks for the link about Mr. Sommer. I don't know the last time I've read an article where the phrase "dropped from the watermelon rotation" was used.

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